Liveaboard address in Ct.

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I finally moved onto the boat full time and now I need to change my residence address since the house has been sold. In Ct. the motor vehicle department will not allow a PO box for an address. I need to find a solution. Essex post office offers a street address with a unit #.
Has anybody done this ?
The closest UPS store is Clinton, which is 13 miles away.
Is the DMV smart enough (lol) to know that the post office is not a "street address" ??
 
Why can't you use your marina address?
 
Ask them how they handle military. Single airmen living in the dorms do not have a street address. All they have is a PO Box. Another suggestion would be to use your work address.
 
I would think the marina address would work as well? I actually have an address at my marina and have the use of a small office. Perhaps you have a relative who would let you use their address for the DMV?
I'm not sure I would want to stay on board in Ct. what plans have you made for heat?
Eventually my wife and I want to try living aboard. I figure we would go south to North Carolina for the 4 months we aren't in the water in NJ. Reverse heat and supplimental electric heat can take us into mid December. After that the boat is pulled. The last 2 years we have gone in really late, prior to that we usually launched in the beginning of March.
Sorry to take this off topic but I'm wondering what your going to do to stay warm?
Bill
 
I am at Brewers and they do not allow use of their address. I have moved a few years ago and used my sisters address for residence and was disgusted at the amount of junk mail that she received.

Billy: As far as heat, it is a great question. I have electric heat throughout as a back up, Brewers adds a meter reader to bill me monthly for usage.
I am installing a Dickinson Diesel heater in the main salon with the water heater coils. Newport propane heaters will be installed fore and aft. Plenty of CO sniffers and combustible gas monitors around as well.
Engine block heaters will keep my Lehman diesels nice and toasty in the mid forties.
I am sure the first year I will be adding insulation "systems" where needed.
 
To answer one of your questions. "Is the DMV smart enough (lol) to know that the post office is not a "street address" ??" No.
 
My DL is to a PO Box in NJ. Tom you might want to think about heat tape and insulation on any water lines that might get frozen or damaged. The heaters you are looking at should do the trick. I was looking at Dickensons the other day. Webasto has some nice diesel fired hydronic heaters as well.
Good luck I know at our marina after Oct 15th I need to run the watermaker because the marina turns off the dock water. They don't turn it back on until April after 2 warm weeks usually around the 15th. So water might be another issue?
Bill
 
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